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Post# 69190   6/4/2005 at 09:13 (6,871 days old) by rickr (.)   |   | |
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Post# 69191 , Reply# 1   6/4/2005 at 09:14 (6,871 days old) by rickr (.)   |   | |
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Post# 69192 , Reply# 2   6/4/2005 at 09:15 (6,871 days old) by rickr (.)   |   | |
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Post# 69193 , Reply# 3   6/4/2005 at 09:17 (6,871 days old) by rickr (.)   |   | |
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Post# 69194 , Reply# 4   6/4/2005 at 09:18 (6,871 days old) by rickr (.)   |   | |
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Post# 69195 , Reply# 5   6/4/2005 at 09:21 (6,871 days old) by rickr (.)   |   | |
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Post# 69196 , Reply# 6   6/4/2005 at 09:22 (6,871 days old) by rickr (.)   |   | |
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Post# 69198 , Reply# 7   6/4/2005 at 09:27 (6,871 days old) by rickr (.)   |   | |
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Post# 69200 , Reply# 8   6/4/2005 at 09:28 (6,871 days old) by scott55405 ()   |   | |
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That's just fabulous! Nice find! I never knew they used copper agitator caps. I know you will have years of enjoyment from these! |
Post# 69202 , Reply# 9   6/4/2005 at 09:32 (6,871 days old) by rickr (.)   |   | |
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Post# 69203 , Reply# 10   6/4/2005 at 09:32 (6,871 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 69204 , Reply# 11   6/4/2005 at 09:35 (6,871 days old) by rickr (.)   |   | |
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Post# 69208 , Reply# 12   6/4/2005 at 09:40 (6,871 days old) by rickr (.)   |   | |
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Post# 69209 , Reply# 13   6/4/2005 at 09:44 (6,871 days old) by rickr (.)   |   | |
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Post# 69210 , Reply# 14   6/4/2005 at 09:45 (6,871 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 69211 , Reply# 15   6/4/2005 at 09:46 (6,871 days old) by rickr (.)   |   | |
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Post# 69212 , Reply# 16   6/4/2005 at 09:53 (6,871 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 69213 , Reply# 17   6/4/2005 at 09:53 (6,871 days old) by rickr (.)   |   | |
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Sorry Steve, I cannot tell you the answer to that. I am sure someone here can though. BTW I still have not got the cabinet back for the 56 Whirlpool dryer (my painter friend has been really busy at the body shop) So the dryer is finished except for the cabinet,and sitting very much in the way in my garage. I will not tear anything else down until the WP dryer is back together. So these Maytags are in *limbo* for now. Here is a pix of the WP dryer"before" |
Post# 69214 , Reply# 18   6/4/2005 at 09:56 (6,871 days old) by rickr (.)   |   | |
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Post# 69217 , Reply# 19   6/4/2005 at 10:35 (6,871 days old) by frontaloadotmy (the cool gay realm)   |   | |
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A wonderful find rickr |
Post# 69218 , Reply# 20   6/4/2005 at 10:53 (6,871 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 69219 , Reply# 21   6/4/2005 at 11:05 (6,871 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)   |   | |
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Post# 69224 , Reply# 22   6/4/2005 at 12:46 (6,871 days old) by maytagbear (N.E. Ohio)   |   | |
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Just lovely, Rick! Congratulations. Lawrence/Maytagbear |
Post# 69227 , Reply# 24   6/4/2005 at 14:02 (6,871 days old) by golittlesport (California)   |   | |
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Post# 69228 , Reply# 25   6/4/2005 at 14:44 (6,871 days old) by FilterFlo (Chicago Area)   |   | |
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Hey Rick, You are in the pink!! Sure has been a good couple of weeks for finding pink appliances. What do you suppose those date from? My guess would be about 1958? |
Post# 69229 , Reply# 26   6/4/2005 at 15:28 (6,871 days old) by peteski50 (New York)   |   | |
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Post# 69232 , Reply# 27   6/4/2005 at 16:36 (6,871 days old) by rickr (.)   |   | |
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Thank you everyone! I am very happy to find these! Austin,the red and black buttons turn the panel light on and off. My niece and her husband brought these back from Grand Rapids Michigan for me. They used their 2001 Suburban. Yes I think modern fabrics for fir trees,and regular fabrics for aluminum trees... :) Greg, I will take detailed photos to post as I tear these down. BTW does the front panel on this come off just by removing the two screws on the front panel,as the newer ones do? Jimmy, you are, correct these are TOL 1958 models. Here is a close up of the washer control panel. Gotta go get cleaned up again. Big date tonight.And someone is taking me to see the new Star Wars movie! :) BTW, message to Gregm.... I found these Maytags when I wasn't looking for them!!!! LOL!! |
Post# 69233 , Reply# 28   6/4/2005 at 16:49 (6,871 days old) by retromom ()   |   | |
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Rick: They are just gorgeous! Can't wait to see them in all their perfect pink glory!! BTW we saw Star Wars a couple of weeks ago. I won't give the story away! Have a fun night! :-) Venus |
Post# 69293 , Reply# 32   6/5/2005 at 09:15 (6,870 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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IMHO- I have seen people abandon perfectly good machines to get a washer with a "Permanent Press" cycle. This makes no sense to me when a person uses their dryer for "modern" no-iron fabric. It's the dryer's extended cooldown that de-wrinkles. Like all plastic articles, polyester clothing (and other "miracle" fibers) is more pliable when warm and less so when cool. The time to fluff out wrinkles is when warm and maintain that into the cooling process. In effect, then, when machine drying Perma Press items, the Perma Press wash cycle is just a waste of water and time. As far as PP cycles go.. Whirl-mores were the best (IMHO) with multiple partial drains (that was able to be done due to neutral drains) and fills with cool water. The Norge was nothng more than 4 cold spray rinses while spinning...with the marketing ploy of labeling the spin between wash and rinse on the timer "automatic cool-down". All washer PP cycles with a cool-down (other than the utility of a slower spin) are USELESS when washing in cold water! Perhaps another reason washers were abandoned is the desire to get a machine with a larger capacity. However if the dryer does not also "grow" it will not "iron" as well in that the clothing is more cramped in there. |
Post# 69294 , Reply# 33   6/5/2005 at 09:24 (6,870 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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In my prior apt- a co-op- the previous owner had a full-size washer and a compact-portable 110 v dryer. (vented into the room) 30 minute washer load. 120 minute dryer load (1/2 of washer load) 120 minute dryer load (second 1/2 of washer load.) ______ 270 minutes. (4.5 hours) ....AND PROBABLY WRINKLED TO H#LL. I put in a compact washer and a full-size 220v vented dryer 30 minute wash 45 dry _____________ 75 minutes x two loads (to equal a regular 18 to 20 lb. load) 150 minutes. (2.5 hours) ____________ Moral of the story: Small dryer, not smart. |
Post# 69305 , Reply# 34   6/5/2005 at 12:31 (6,870 days old) by golittlesport (California)   |   | |
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I agree, Toggle, that PP cycles were a waste of time unless one didn't have a dryer. Marketing folks in those days made everyone think that if your washer didn't have PP you would have to iron every piece of clothing. I think the best and most efficient treatment of PP items was the Westinghouse Laundromat's regular cycle set with a cold rinse - a complete drenching of the clothes after wash cycle in cold water before the first spin, and a relatively slow spin at that. Then two cold water deep rinses. Much less water and time than Ken-Whirl's drain-fill-drain-fill sequence.
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Post# 69306 , Reply# 35   6/5/2005 at 12:41 (6,870 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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The only time now-a-days (I've benn Tom Torboized) I use a "cool-down" is when I'm washing either Perm Press or 100% wrinkle free cotton white long-sleeve dress shirts in hot water. I at least wanna cool them down some before the first spin. Hetties and most other FLers (except Fridgemores) fill with more water and have a medium speed tumble for Perm Press or Normal/Casual cycles and also add more water before the first drain to cool them down more. And since I wash everything on knit/delicate (except towels & jeans), my first spin is alays slow. I switch to regular cycle at the tail end of the rinse so there'a a regular fast spin.
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Post# 69312 , Reply# 36   6/5/2005 at 15:43 (6,870 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 69313 , Reply# 37   6/5/2005 at 15:53 (6,870 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 69319 , Reply# 38   6/5/2005 at 17:26 (6,870 days old) by laundramatt (Youngstown, Ohio)   |   | |
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Sppeaking of PP cycles, I have seen women who use the PP cycle on their washer and select cold water for the wash cycle. Isn't that defeating the purpose of the PP cycle? |
Post# 69320 , Reply# 39   6/5/2005 at 17:26 (6,870 days old) by rickr (.)   |   | |
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Greg it is a model # 142s BTW it has a very small wash tub. Grandma had a water bath canner that was larger than tub on this one...LOL!! And the dryer drum is not much bigger,considering how HUGE the dryer cabinet is. What was up with this anyway? Maytag really never had a large capacity for these models. The setting says: Small/Medium/Regular. I have seen the ones that are marked "large" and they are not much bigger than the regular models. |
Post# 69432 , Reply# 40   6/6/2005 at 14:29 (6,869 days old) by rocky2 (Northwest Indiana)   |   | |
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Great finds Rick. So, that's the secret to finding vinatage appliances... Don't Look for Them. Now I know what I've been doing wrong LOL. Congrats. |